Collar-fastener.



No. 869,367. PATENTED OCT. 29, 1907. S. R. HEWITT.

COLLAR FASTENER.

APPLICATIOK FILED JULY 25, 1905.

SAMUEL REDPATH HEWITT, OF BELFAST, IRELAND.

COLLAR-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1907.

Application tiled July 25, 1905. Serial No. 271.197.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Rnnrarn ffnwrrr, a subject of the King ofEngland, residing at Belfast, Ireland, have invented certain new anduseful lm provements in Collar-Fasteners; and l do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, ('ltlli. and exaet description of the invention,sut-h as will enable others skilled in the art to whieh it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention has relation to that. elass or kind of eollar-fastenersthat eomprise a plate or member that is adapted to rest against theinner side of the neek-band of the shirt. and a second plate or numberthat is adapted to rest against the outside of the eollar, the

two plates being et'nineeted through the ititt rvention of means hingedor pivottd to the upper edge of the illStFlilOlitlOIlCtl member andlike-wise eonneeted to the lower edge of the seeond member, a st udeonneeted with-one member being adapted to pass through the buttonholesof the eollar and neek-band and to be t'otlnet'ted to the oppositemember.

It is the objeet of the invention to provide improvements in the kind oft'ollar fasteners spt-eilied that will relieve them of lninehiness, byfreeing the two elasping plates. when the device is applied, from anyintervenmeaus excepting the stud that passes through the button-holes.

The nature of the invention is fully and elrarly as eertainable from thedevit-e portrayed in the annexed drawings, forming apart of thisspreitieation in view of whieh it will first be deseribed Willi respeetto its eon struetion and mode of use and then be pointrd out in thesubjoined claims. I

Of the said drawings l igure l a vertieal seetional view through the(l(-\'it't when the same is in its elosed position. and she 'ing also aseetion through the net-k band and ('ollar with whit-h the devie tratethe applieatieu of the various parts th: lttlf.

used. to illus- Fig.

2 is an elevation of thr deviee with its in: tubers swung apart. thedeviee being arrai 'ed in a horizontal plane.

Similar numerals of referenee designate similar parts or features, asthe ease may be, wh l( \t r they oeeur.

ulteferring now more partieularly to the annexed drawings, it will beseen that the sowalled bod) portion of my fastener is eomposedpreferably of a single piece of wire t bent into approximalelyreetangular shape thus forming an open wire frame. The end portions 2and 3 are slightly bent. or offset laterally in planes at a right angleto the sides l and 5.

Pi'votally secured in any suitable manner to the offset portion 2 of thebody portion is plate 6 provided with i l l t l i an eye '7 for thereeeption of the stud S of the plate 9 when the button is in itsfastened position. The stud l 8 is provided with a nott-h or annulargroove 9 in its outer portion. leaving a head on its extremity to engagethe perforation 7 of the plate (3 to prevent at'eidental disengagement,of the button when in loeked posit ion. This stud isdesigned to besprungor snapped into engagement with the said perforation of the plate(5.

When the deviee is to be used, the plate (S is disposed between thenet-k of the wearer and the net-k band 10 with the perforation 7 in saidplate alining with the but ton-hole of the neelebaud. The sides 1 and 5of the body portion 1 are then swung downward to int-lose the neek bandbetween the same and plate (5, as shown in Fig. l. The ends of theeollar are then brought together with their button holes in line withthe neek band button hole and the perforation 7 in plate ti. when plate5) will be folded upward against said t'ollar ends in the manner shownin Fig. l, and the stud S on the said plate t) passed through the saidbutton holes and the pt rforation and retained in plae'e by means of itshead fl, and groove t), whit-h is engaged in the perforation T of plate(3.

To remove the fastener it is only ntetssary to swing plate 9 outwardwhen its stud S will be at onee disengaged from plate '7 and withdrawnfrom the various buttonholes. The (-ollar ends are thus reltased fromengagement with the net-k band of the shirt. and the fastener may beremoved from the neek-band.

lly providing the stud S with a groove 5), a snap eonneetion is formedbetween the same and the perforation in plate (5, as before stated andthe formation of a post or other positive retaining lllt ans upon saidplate is rtndered tltitltt'tsszttlV. lt will be seen therefore that thefastening means for the two plates when applied is inueh more simple ineonstruetion than the ftatures for a similar purpose now in use \Yhat iselaimed is i\ t'ollar fastener eomprisin: a bod v portion eousisting ofa substantialtv reetangular open wire frame. with its ends bent outwardto offset tlie same in opposite direetions: 2. plate provided with anaperture hingedlv eonneeted at. its upper end with the upper offset endof the frame-bed and a seeond plate provided with a loeking studhingedtv eonneeted at its lower end with the lower offset end of saidtI'HIIItdHMl V, anti the end of the said stud being adapted to effet't asnap engagement with the firstmentioned plate through the perforationformed in the latter.

In testimony whereof. I :itlix my signature, in presenee of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL HIJIHA'IH HEWITT.

Witnesses: Y

Jens MeQtntnn, 'inos. HiLLis.

